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1916.42
New Life after the Fire
Alternate title: Burnt Timber
Spring 1916
Oil on composite wood-pulp board
8 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (21.5 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., TOM THOMSON
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, O.S.; u.c., in ink, Fraser Thomson; u.r., H; l.c., in ink, I declare this to be an / original Tom Thomson / sketch / Fraser Thomson (on top, in graphite) 2 M Gilt?; l.l., New Life After the Fire
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, O.S.; u.c., in ink, Fraser Thomson; u.r., H; l.c., in ink, I declare this to be an / original Tom Thomson / sketch / Fraser Thomson (on top, in graphite) 2 M Gilt?; l.l., New Life After the Fire
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
Fraser Thomson, Seattle and Outremont, P.Q
R.A. Laidlaw, Toronto
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1969.1). Gift of R.A. Laidlaw, Toronto, 1969
Published References
Duval 1970
Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, (repr.)Duval 1973
Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, pp. 32, 170 (repr.)McMichael 1983
p. 26 (repr.)McMichael 1989
McMichael Canadian Collection of Art. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition, 1965-1990. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1989, p. 18 (repr. col.)Remarks
Martin Baldwin, in his list of 7 May 1937, wrote that Fraser Thomson, Outremont, P.Q., owned four sketches, two of “Burnt Timber.” This could be one of the sketches.
Record last updated April 5, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""New Life after the Fire, Spring 1916 (1916.42)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=484 (accessed on April 30, 2025).